@Catlady5000
Thank you so much for replying. It does help to know other people are in the same horrific boat. I'm so sorry that this happened to you the first time you had sex. Nobody at all eserves this, but it especially hits hard when you're the safest & most paranoid of all your friends & rarely ever have sex & actually make the people you date get hiv tested before you have sex & always wear protection.... I felt like with cancer, at least there's a chance they can remove it & i wont have to feel contaminated & embarrassed for the rest of my life. People can say it's not something to feel ashamed of & logically i know they're right, but truth be told, it's never not going to be embarrassing or shameful. I think disclosure is hard for anyone but i dont think everyone is an extreme introvert that already has social anxiety & self esteem issues. It's a whole other level of hard when you had trouble accepting yourself before being diagnosed. When you were already so afraid of rejection for not being super skinny or perfect looking as it was. (in hindsight, i'd give anything to go back & simply feel not good enough for the way i look.) I actually feel as though if i were to ever find someone that would still want to be with me, i would have to thank them for accepting me & for being willing to touch me, & this is a horrible feeling. I really feel like death would be better, sometimes. As irrational as that sounds. I couldn't kill myself bc i take care of my mother & i can't do that to her, but it doesn't sound like a bad alternative at the moment.
Anyway, thank you for letting me vent & for understanding & im sending you back much love & light as well... πππ
Xxxx
J